Kayla Girl Name

The name Kayla is of English origin, and is an alternate form of Kayley.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Kayla has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Kayla

Use of the Name Kayla for Girls During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

271,383

271,383

267,965

128,814

56,928

20,528

9,640

The table below indicates the number of times the name Kayla has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Kayla first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1959, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Kayla

Used as a Girl Name

Used as a Boy Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1959

988

115

1960

936

130

1961

1962

812

166

1963

838

155

1964

821

163

1965

819

147

1966

830

145

1967

892

132

1968

872

139

1969

731

192

1970

854

157

1971

828

167

1972

769

180

1973

875

147

1974

774

179

1975

767

185

1976

722

203

1977

694

226

1978

677

236

1979

678

254

1980

594

312

1981

578

318

1982

132

2,274

1983

81

3,522

1984

100

2,678

1985

108

2,606

1986

64

4,654

1987

27

10,571

1988

20

13,419

1989

20

14,904

1990

14

17,522

1991

12

18,536

1992

13

16,509

1993

16

15,440

1994

12

15,886

1995

11

16,076

1996

11

15,259

1997

12

13,872

1998

12

13,407

1999

13

13,272

2000

13

13,289

2001

17

11,845

2002

19

11,266

2003

16

10,888

2004

18

9,640

Totals:

271,383

0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Kayla as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Kayla appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 45 times during the last 125 years.